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iran, governor romney's red line seems to be about where barack obama's is. there is no pi big difference. >> sure there is. let's go to iran. the difference is credibility. the president's iran policy lacks credibility. the ayatallah's in iran have to make a decision to stop pursuing a nuclear weapon and pursue a peaceful resolution and they are not doing that. i would argue because the president doesn't have credibility. he was silent for too long on the green revolution. when puts the military option on the table he does it in a way that doesn't have credibility because his administration sends out mixed signals such as they are more worried about an israeli attack than iran getting a nuclear weapon. >> chris: benjamin netanyahu the israeli prime minister gave dramatic speech at the u.n. he had a drawing and a red line and said if iran amasses that amount of enriched uranium which would be number to make a bomb we have to strike. would you and governor romney put the redline at the same place that netanyahu did. >> what we have said is a nuclear weapons ca
iran, governor romney's red line seems to be about where barack obama's is. there is no pi big difference. >> sure there is. let's go to iran. the difference is credibility. the president's iran policy lacks credibility. the ayatallah's in iran have to make a decision to stop pursuing a nuclear weapon and pursue a peaceful resolution and they are not doing that. i would argue because the president doesn't have credibility. he was silent for too long on the green revolution. when puts the...
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unfortunately, it's not president obama. he has been on the outside looking in on this fair long time. he's proposing to put a new high tax rate on successful small businesses on top of the current tax code, and add even more complexities will to the tax code-- >> quar saying obamacare, that's what you mean. >> i was talking about the tax he mentioned in his quote that you just played for me. that particular tax increase that he's talking about pays for about 8% of his proposed deficit spending. if you add all of his tax increase, like the obamacare tax you're talking about, they don't even pay for a fifth of his proposed deficit spending. >> the tax policy center has done an analysis, and they say there is no way to pay for the cuts that you've proposed without either increasing the deficit or raising taxes on the middle class because you would have to get rid of deductions and loopholes that benefit the middle class in order to pay for those tax cuts that you're proposing and that increase in defense spending. >> so the go
unfortunately, it's not president obama. he has been on the outside looking in on this fair long time. he's proposing to put a new high tax rate on successful small businesses on top of the current tax code, and add even more complexities will to the tax code-- >> quar saying obamacare, that's what you mean. >> i was talking about the tax he mentioned in his quote that you just played for me. that particular tax increase that he's talking about pays for about 8% of his proposed...
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at the same time, we have the record of president obama. if people think, by the way, if their utility bill has gone down, they should vote for him. if they think jobs are more plentiful, they should vote for him. >> schieffer: you said yesterday... i'm going to quote you, mr. ryan: "america is a place where if you work hard and play by the rules, you can get ahead." but the fact is, a lot of people don't think that's true. they don't think the rules are fair. they think corporations and rich people are getting all these breaks, and they're getting stuck with paying the bills. they see some of the wealthiest paying the lowest tax rates. how... how are you going to fix that? >> ryan: what i see is a new amount of current capitalism and current welfare which both parties have been engaged in, but the president has brought this to a whole new level. where president obama is picking winners and losers based on connections, based on fads like... like solyndra and basically giving handouts to businesses, given preference to tax code. we want to g
at the same time, we have the record of president obama. if people think, by the way, if their utility bill has gone down, they should vote for him. if they think jobs are more plentiful, they should vote for him. >> schieffer: you said yesterday... i'm going to quote you, mr. ryan: "america is a place where if you work hard and play by the rules, you can get ahead." but the fact is, a lot of people don't think that's true. they don't think the rules are fair. they think...
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president obama is saying the tax code that individual small businesses pay goes up to 45. we will lose jobs if we go down that path. we're saying get rid of those tax shelters. the interest group loopholes and lower everybody's tax you'll get more of their income subject to taxation but to a simpler and fairer system. there is a bipartisan consensus that this is the best way to go. unfortunately the president is proposing the opposite. >> you also include changes to medicare and cuts in medicaid. $810 billion in cuts to medicaid. how can you guarantee people that you're not giving tax cuts to the wealthiest and taking away aid to the poor? >> because we want economic growth and job creation. a tax code is stifling job creation. we propose in medicaid is let the governors and the states, give them the flexibility to customize medicaid to meet the unique needs of their populations. in wisconsin our medicaid population is different than in new york. >> you don't deny that you're cutting $810 from medicaid. >> $810 billion in savings. we still grow medicaid each and every year
president obama is saying the tax code that individual small businesses pay goes up to 45. we will lose jobs if we go down that path. we're saying get rid of those tax shelters. the interest group loopholes and lower everybody's tax you'll get more of their income subject to taxation but to a simpler and fairer system. there is a bipartisan consensus that this is the best way to go. unfortunately the president is proposing the opposite. >> you also include changes to medicare and cuts in...
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. >> chris: because he would end the bush tax cuts for the wealthy. >> he passed all of the obama care taxes and about a dozen hit middle income taxpayers.
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this is why i believe barack obama is the guy. debate performance or not i believe he has been the right president for america. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: okay. but are the democrats the right party for america? i ask -- you were on the democratic national committee's platform committee. >> i cochaired the committee. >> stephen: you cochaired the committee. why was the word god not included in the platform? and is that what is happening to the campaign right now. god is striking him down? >> i know i'm praying i would survive the interview. the reality is religion was in there. faith was in there. we had a section in. there we're a nation of many faiths. the democratic party platform which actually made a very big section about us being inclusive, about us being a faith driven society and favoring faith based programs. if you read the document, don't get carried away in the sound bites. we live in a political environment where sound bites and half truths take the day in the substance of the matter. i wanted to serve on the
this is why i believe barack obama is the guy. debate performance or not i believe he has been the right president for america. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: okay. but are the democrats the right party for america? i ask -- you were on the democratic national committee's platform committee. >> i cochaired the committee. >> stephen: you cochaired the committee. why was the word god not included in the platform? and is that what is happening to the campaign right now. god is...
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and if i could frame them through lyrics and music of the great britney spears, barack obama is saying to the electorate, hit me baby, one more time. (laughter) whereas mitt romney is perhaps suggesting, i'm a genie in a bottle. (laughter) really, they're not sung by the same person, are you sure? no, they are sung by the wonders that judge on the talent show. there's two music talent shows? i have got to get myself a zune. (laughter) what are we talking about? oh, yeah, mitt romney's closing arguments. >> the government of the united states is not a good venture capitalists, he likes to pick winners and losers, about $90 billion in green energy companies like solyndra and tess la a friend of mine says he doesn't mind picking winners and losers, he likes picking losers. >> half of them, the ones invested in have gone out of business. >> jon: holy crap! is that true, half? 63 energy companies got significant federal stimulus money and three and a half years later five have gone bankrupt. so that is half, 50%, that's amazing. that's-- what? oh, that's not the same number, hold on-- oh, i
and if i could frame them through lyrics and music of the great britney spears, barack obama is saying to the electorate, hit me baby, one more time. (laughter) whereas mitt romney is perhaps suggesting, i'm a genie in a bottle. (laughter) really, they're not sung by the same person, are you sure? no, they are sung by the wonders that judge on the talent show. there's two music talent shows? i have got to get myself a zune. (laughter) what are we talking about? oh, yeah, mitt romney's closing...
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we want to repeal obama care. we're taking the massive increases in obama care. that are a attributable to medicaid. third of the people that obama care is supposed to serve they're pushing them on medicaid. medicaid isn't working. doctors are less likely to take people on medicaid. we want to reform medicaid. we don't expand this program as dramatically obama care does, keep it like it is, increase its funding and send it to the states so the states can fix this problem. i think government closest to the people works the best. >> but the urban institute has estimated that between 14 million and 27 million fewer people will be covered under that plan and won't the bloc grant planning that mean low-income and disabled people will lose their guaranteed right to coverage? >> no, not at all. of course not. governors are asking us all the time flexibility on medicaid. look, every state has different issues and different problems. so, we want to be able to give the states the tools they need. make sure that they spend it on their medicaid population. >> those individua
we want to repeal obama care. we're taking the massive increases in obama care. that are a attributable to medicaid. third of the people that obama care is supposed to serve they're pushing them on medicaid. medicaid isn't working. doctors are less likely to take people on medicaid. we want to reform medicaid. we don't expand this program as dramatically obama care does, keep it like it is, increase its funding and send it to the states so the states can fix this problem. i think government...
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perhaps this will hold hard truths. >> president obama, candidate obama said i believe if our government is there to support you this plant will be here for another 100 years. that is what he said in 2008. that plant didn't last another year. the recovery that was promised is nowhere in sight. >> jon: yeah, except that plant announced in june of 2008 that it would be stopping production, hold on a second, siri, who was president in june of 2008? george bush! thank you, sir i are, thank you, siri, this was the intellectual leader of the new republican party's big night. how will he spin his way out of it. >> i didn't say president obama shut down that plant, what it was was an indictment on a deeper level which is a debate i would love to have. >> i think he didn't provide context. >> well, you know, broader point i think is how is the my doing under president obama and did he keep his promises? >> in broader terms what it is they believe, that is the debate i think the american public is going to watch very closely. >> well, look, when people give speeches, i not every packet is always a
perhaps this will hold hard truths. >> president obama, candidate obama said i believe if our government is there to support you this plant will be here for another 100 years. that is what he said in 2008. that plant didn't last another year. the recovery that was promised is nowhere in sight. >> jon: yeah, except that plant announced in june of 2008 that it would be stopping production, hold on a second, siri, who was president in june of 2008? george bush! thank you, sir i are,...
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by the way, we do not know what president obama's second term agenda is. we do not know what mitt romney's health care plan is. these are things we ought to be learning. >> right. everyone is still so focussed on mitt romney's past battle with health care. here's what mitt romney said in his victory speech. i want to play it because i think it's important. >> and barack obama's government-centered society, government spending always increases because, well, why not? there's always someone who's entitled to something more and who's willing to vote for anyone who will give them something more. now, by the way, we know where that kind of -- you know, that transformation of a free society to a government-centered society leads. because there are other nations that have followed that path. it leads to chronic high unemployment, crushing debt, and stagnant wages. it's beginning to sound familiar. >> the only thing, john avlon, just purely on his comment about the economy, it may not be a recovery to write home about, but it's a recovery, and to say it isn't make
by the way, we do not know what president obama's second term agenda is. we do not know what mitt romney's health care plan is. these are things we ought to be learning. >> right. everyone is still so focussed on mitt romney's past battle with health care. here's what mitt romney said in his victory speech. i want to play it because i think it's important. >> and barack obama's government-centered society, government spending always increases because, well, why not? there's always...
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seven times obama could have taken action. seven times he said no. >> president obama has fought back with his own barrage of ads on china. >> day one, president romney stands up to china. >> but would he? "the washington post" has just revealed that romney's companies were pioneers in shipping u.s. jobs overseas. romney's never stood up to china. all he's ever done is send them our jobs. >> the president is also fighting back with facts on the campaign trail. >> when you see these ads he's running promising to get tough on china, it feels a lot like that fox saying you know, we need more secure chicken coops. i mean, it's just not credible. ohio, i'll tell what you i've done. we've brought more trade cases against china in one term than the previous administration did in two. and, by the way, we've been winning those cases. >> president obama spot on. his record on china is very clear. the obama administration as filed, couldn't them, eight cases against china over unfair trade practices, including one last week accusing chin
seven times obama could have taken action. seven times he said no. >> president obama has fought back with his own barrage of ads on china. >> day one, president romney stands up to china. >> but would he? "the washington post" has just revealed that romney's companies were pioneers in shipping u.s. jobs overseas. romney's never stood up to china. all he's ever done is send them our jobs. >> the president is also fighting back with facts on the campaign trail....
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you put the romney tax plan, repeal president obama's health care reform, and then do these things to medicare and medicaid what does the health care market look like in five to ten years? >> well, the uninsured would increase by 10s of millions undoubtedly, because more and more people would simply be unable to afford care. those who are on medicare would lose coverage and people would be paying far more out of their own packets for care. that again is because insurance companies can make money to meet wall street's profit expectations have been raising premiums, but also shifting costs. and we would see more and more people in that predicament. >> you weren't do everything for everybody. come on. we want to live back in the 19th century again. >> right. >> thank you so much for your time and incites tonight. >> thank you, elliot. >> paul ryan pushed old ladies off of the physical cliff? he is sure trying. >>> when it comes to the gop's war on women, paul ryan is the greatest. when it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the viewfinder. ♪ >> join me in welcoming the next preside
you put the romney tax plan, repeal president obama's health care reform, and then do these things to medicare and medicaid what does the health care market look like in five to ten years? >> well, the uninsured would increase by 10s of millions undoubtedly, because more and more people would simply be unable to afford care. those who are on medicare would lose coverage and people would be paying far more out of their own packets for care. that again is because insurance companies can...
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president obama is up by 2 points. in swing state new hampshire, it's president obama up by 5 points, in swing state up pennsylvania, it president obama up a by 7 points. do we still call michigan a
president obama is up by 2 points. in swing state new hampshire, it's president obama up by 5 points, in swing state up pennsylvania, it president obama up a by 7 points. do we still call michigan a
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what barack obama would give for enthusiasm like that. tonight we launch our coverage of the 2012 people's party congress of charlotte. this year they are hoping for a replay of four years ago when hoards of hope-addled lemmings cried as their dear leader orated between soaring greek columns. four years ago those were fake greek columns. this time it's the actual parthenon. [laughter] gresgreece sold it for a buck 7d a jug of tzatziki. folks, don't buy the hype the this convention is the biggest dog and pony show since last year when i tried to enter my palomino-doodle at westminster. [laughter] sorry banjo, they're bigots. anyway, tonight dnc dis-info-tainment line up features rahm emanuel, harry reid, jimmy carter, first lady michelle obama and congressional candidate joaquin castro and his twin brother san antonio mayor julian castro. i mean call me racist but i cannot tell these hispanics apart. [laughter] folks. the whole thing is just sad, it's just sad. every time the republicans have a convention it's like the democrats have to ha
what barack obama would give for enthusiasm like that. tonight we launch our coverage of the 2012 people's party congress of charlotte. this year they are hoping for a replay of four years ago when hoards of hope-addled lemmings cried as their dear leader orated between soaring greek columns. four years ago those were fake greek columns. this time it's the actual parthenon. [laughter] gresgreece sold it for a buck 7d a jug of tzatziki. folks, don't buy the hype the this convention is the...
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obama actually did the same thing in 200. it's not a big deal unless the crowd has a really long time to think about how awkward the mistake is while the next president of the united states makes his way down the stairs and over the monkey bars, down the rope swing. disappears underneath the... wow. let me say this. a good thing they didn't pick chris christie. ( cheers and applause ) that's never going to happen. i'll run in 2016. the media's reaction to romney's selection was swift and universal. >> what mitt romney did is created enthusiasm, energy, authenticity and substance. >> it will make sure we're talking about substance and solutions. >> we can have a race where we talk about the real issues of our country >> many people have spent the past six months saying, guys, when is this election going to get serious? it just got serious. >> jon: because of paul ryan? as the media, wouldn't you have made it a serious discussion about the real issues from the start? or did a gypsy put on curse on you? hello, media, you will ba
obama actually did the same thing in 200. it's not a big deal unless the crowd has a really long time to think about how awkward the mistake is while the next president of the united states makes his way down the stairs and over the monkey bars, down the rope swing. disappears underneath the... wow. let me say this. a good thing they didn't pick chris christie. ( cheers and applause ) that's never going to happen. i'll run in 2016. the media's reaction to romney's selection was swift and...
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how could obama let this happen! the iranians were at costco because tough economic sanctions have made it difficult for them to get hold of foreign goods or imported products. which explains why their leader has to wear members only jackets from 1982. (laughter) so folks, folks, at costco we have given them unfettered access to america's family pack technology. we'll never cripple their regime with economic isolation now that they have their own 200 count boxes of economy sized advil and bulk bins of nutter butter and great shrink wrap rafts of shrimp cup o noodles. you madmen, they will be able to hide their nuclear facilities inside their giant discarded barrels of kirkland coleslaw. (laughter) oh! oh, don't worry!, don't worry, you say, they don't have enriched uranium yet. well, you know what else costco sells? yellow cake. (laughter) a five pound box for 10.85. for 10.85 if you don't make nukes you're losing money. folks, these maniacs may deny the holocaust, but we have just laid the ground for a holocaustco.
how could obama let this happen! the iranians were at costco because tough economic sanctions have made it difficult for them to get hold of foreign goods or imported products. which explains why their leader has to wear members only jackets from 1982. (laughter) so folks, folks, at costco we have given them unfettered access to america's family pack technology. we'll never cripple their regime with economic isolation now that they have their own 200 count boxes of economy sized advil and bulk...
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but president obama also wants to cut it. i wish we had a different choice, but my job is to be do if he wins re-election. [♪ theme music ♪] >>> good evening, i'm eliot spitzer, and this "viewpoint." after months of waiting, weeks of speculation, mitt romney has named a running mate. >> join me in welcoming the next president of the united states paul ryan. >> at least romney got the name right, but with marco rubio and several other on list. why paul ryan? >> we share the same values, and that i have the kinds of experiences that complement his skills, that complement his experience, to help him govern to execute a vision to get this country back on the right track. >> not to mention getting the tea party and other hard-right conservatives fired up for november. but who's vision will be executed if they get elected, ryan or romney? >> i have my budget plan that i -- i have put out, and that's the budget plan we are going to run on. >> it is a trojan horse. disguised as deficit reduction plans, it's really an attempt to i
but president obama also wants to cut it. i wish we had a different choice, but my job is to be do if he wins re-election. [♪ theme music ♪] >>> good evening, i'm eliot spitzer, and this "viewpoint." after months of waiting, weeks of speculation, mitt romney has named a running mate. >> join me in welcoming the next president of the united states paul ryan. >> at least romney got the name right, but with marco rubio and several other on list. why paul ryan?...
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they thought negotiator barack obama is really compelling chairs maticharismatic he has ar agenda and it proves not to be popular with the broad independents and he wasn't who we thought he was. >> stephen: do the republicans have the enthusiasm. [laughter] that he describes? i mean he's the cheerleader of all of that excited? [laughter] >> i think that there are a ton of folks in both parties who are very excited and engaged but not for the best reason. i think a lot of people are excited because they consider the alternative to be so dreadful that they will support pretty much whoever stands for their party's nomination. i think that's a shame because it reflects a lot of really unhealthy dynamics in our democracy. >> stephen: will you come back after we find out who won. >> i would be delighted to come back, stephen. >> stephen: perhaps then we could decide whether or not the truth won or the facts. thank you so much. [crowd cheering] >> stephen: we'll be right b bbw♪7zhis crowdyyqé0sséq b bglasses be fd
they thought negotiator barack obama is really compelling chairs maticharismatic he has ar agenda and it proves not to be popular with the broad independents and he wasn't who we thought he was. >> stephen: do the republicans have the enthusiasm. [laughter] that he describes? i mean he's the cheerleader of all of that excited? [laughter] >> i think that there are a ton of folks in both parties who are very excited and engaged but not for the best reason. i think a lot of people are...
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where was obama tonight sniem reb they admitted to the... all agreed to believe their eyes and ears. so vice presidential debate. fox? your move >> laughing off the problems the way joe biden did, people were offended by that. >> laughing in a hostile, aggressionive, scornful way >> raddatz was playing with the biden team >> the moderator's action or inaction... >> him smirking and smiling rude, condescending, mean at times. wondered, you know, if he had some burbon before he went out there >> reminded me of a musk ox running across the tundra with the moderator under foot. sniem a musk ox across the tundra? settle down, eskimo annie oakley. enough with the mutual of omaha. look, we get it. you live in alaska. when you live in alaska in a town with roads and a wal-mart and two star bucks and your own plane and television station in your house, it's not [bleep] of the wild over there. my guess is you've never seen a musk ox running across the tundra. yet at fox the response to biden's strong showing was delegitimizing every aspect of that sho
where was obama tonight sniem reb they admitted to the... all agreed to believe their eyes and ears. so vice presidential debate. fox? your move >> laughing off the problems the way joe biden did, people were offended by that. >> laughing in a hostile, aggressionive, scornful way >> raddatz was playing with the biden team >> the moderator's action or inaction... >> him smirking and smiling rude, condescending, mean at times. wondered, you know, if he had some...
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campaign on a state where president obama won last time around. they want this state badly. you can tell by what they're putting out here today. >> do you know when they decided to do this event in norfolk, near the "uss wisconsin," obviously paul ryan being from the state of wisconsin. is there a very cute gesture, obviously, to me it suggests that if it's been in the works for days now, that romney made his decision to select paul ryan days ago. that's why they picked the "uss wisconsin" as a venue. >> i think that's a very safe bet. wolf. i think this has been in the works for several days. i think when they realized that the "uss wisconsin" here, they had the perfect backdrop for this event. the fact this e-mail went out at 11:00, i glev there was a tweet from the communications directioner from the campaign roughly around that same time. this is a very last-minute notification to the national news media. we can drop everything and show up. that's not a big deal. i will tell you, though, this, you know, not giving everybody sort of a lead noti
campaign on a state where president obama won last time around. they want this state badly. you can tell by what they're putting out here today. >> do you know when they decided to do this event in norfolk, near the "uss wisconsin," obviously paul ryan being from the state of wisconsin. is there a very cute gesture, obviously, to me it suggests that if it's been in the works for days now, that romney made his decision to select paul ryan days ago. that's why they picked the...
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the latino vote seems to be squarely behind president obama. what he has done with his action on the dream act. so important is. there any way that mitt romney can krebbly argue he should get support in the latino community? >> no. that time has passed. when he wraps himself -- when they have joe arpaio at their convention. they have jan brewer at their convention from my state who are symbolicically seen in the latino community as their opposition and embraces them, their platform embraces that, no, there is no way you can get back. for us the challenge is motivation and turnout. if we can get that, huge victory for obama. >> eliot: this is a campaign about not persuasion but passion. >> thank you. >> eliot: let's hope it works. congressman, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. as always. >> eliot: voter discrimination, an old story made new again. i talk about it with a civil rights icon, congressman john lewis, coming up next. >> eliot: let's check in with jennifer granholm, she who made herself even more famous than she was before with h
the latino vote seems to be squarely behind president obama. what he has done with his action on the dream act. so important is. there any way that mitt romney can krebbly argue he should get support in the latino community? >> no. that time has passed. when he wraps himself -- when they have joe arpaio at their convention. they have jan brewer at their convention from my state who are symbolicically seen in the latino community as their opposition and embraces them, their platform...
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that's leading the obama team to ramp up the pressure. dan lothian has more for us. >> reporter: democrats want to know more about romney's personal finances. they have been hitting him on news shows and political ads. now, the obama campaign says they will stop asking questions if he releases three more years of tax returns. it's the political version of let's make a deal. if he releases tax returns the obama campaign will stop ads like this one. did he pay 5%, 10%, zero? we don't know. >> reporter: the letter came from an election campaign manager. governor romney apparently fears the more he offers the more our campaign will demand he provide. i'm prepared to provide assurances on that point. if the governor will release five years in taxes, we will not criticize him for not releasing more. romney has been under pressure from democrats to be more transparent on taxes after he insisted on releasing two years of returns. some republicans urged him to do more to make the issue go away. he counters his personal taxes are not what voters ca
that's leading the obama team to ramp up the pressure. dan lothian has more for us. >> reporter: democrats want to know more about romney's personal finances. they have been hitting him on news shows and political ads. now, the obama campaign says they will stop asking questions if he releases three more years of tax returns. it's the political version of let's make a deal. if he releases tax returns the obama campaign will stop ads like this one. did he pay 5%, 10%, zero? we don't know....